I consulted with my self] Heb. my heart consulted in me. You exact] Ye oppresse them with usury, and seek how to bring all things into your hands. usury] Or, burden, Isaiah 58:6. And I set a great assembly against them] Both because they should be moved with pitty, seeing how many were by them opprest, and also hear the judgement of others, which should be as it were witnesses of their dealing toward their brethren.